Passive House Weekly April 1st, 2024

Please read on for a selection of Passive House happenings, articles, interviews, and developments.

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Please read on for a selection of PHA Live Event, Featured Article, Podcasts, New videos, Events, and What We're Reading.

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1. PHA Live Events

2. Featured Article of the Week

3. Passive House Podcast Episodes

THANK YOU to Our Sponsor of the Week

4. Videos

5. Upcoming Passive House Happenings

THIS WEEK: Events In the Passive House Community

Passive House Accelerator
Energy Efficiency: Rethinking Form, Passive Solar, and Heat Pumps (Apr 3)
Source 2050 Component Spotlight- Innovative Solutions for Familiar Struggles (Apr 4)

NYSERDA
Buildings of Excellence Awards Ceremony (Apr 2)

IPHA
27th International Passive House Conference (April 5-6)

Passive House Canada
Pathway to Passive House Designer/Consultant Certification (Apr 4)
Building Enclosure Control Layers (Apr 11)

Passathon
innsbruck passathon - speed up passive house (Apr 7)

Metropolis
Design Optimism Talks How Can We Get to Zero? (Apr 9)

BS & Beer
2024 Building Science Symposium Series (Apr 9-10)

Do you have Passive House news that we should share in a future edition? Email us at: [email protected]

Future Events!

Passive House Accelerator
Architect's Insight: From Training to Passive House Specialist (Apr 10)

Passive House Canada
Achieving the Passive House Standard for Existing Buildings (Apr 23)
A Pattern Language from Passive House (Apr 26)

The Passive House Network
Pacific CPHD | Spring Cohort (Apr 18)
Atlantic Spring 2024 Cohort (Apr 18)
Passive House Retrofits: The EnerPHit Standard

Emu Passive
Passive Design/Build™ Boot Camp Brooklyn, NY (Apr 22-26)
Passive Design/Build™ Boot Camp Boston, MA (May 6-10)
Passive Design/Build™ Boot Camp Pittsburgh, PA (June 3-6)
Passive Design/Build™ Boot Camp Fort Collins, CO (June 24-28)

ZebX
Decarb Lunch: Introducing Energize Vancouver (Apr 26)

Passive House Institute
PHPP Expert Course (Sep-Jan)
Online PH Designer/Consultant Course in English (Oct-Dec)

Does your organization have an upcoming event? Submit it here to be included in our next newsletter.

Upcoming Conferences

The Humid Climate Conference (May 6-7)

Living Future 2024 (May 7-9)

ASES SOLAR 2024: Connecting Technology & Policy (May 20-23)

Getting to Zero Forum (May 21-23)

THRIVE Passivhaus Conference 24 (May 23-24)

Passive House Canada Conference (June 17-19)

American Solar Energy Society's National Solar Tour (Oct 4)

Greenbuild 2024 (Nov 12 -15)

6. What We're Reading

Researchers develop biodegradable plastic that won’t leave microplastics behind (Technology Networks)
A self-cleaning wall paint (Science Daily)
Firm to build revolutionary plant that can turn pollution into building materials (Yahoo News)
US single-family housing starts, permits near two-year highs (Reuters)
Housing takes center stage in state-level legislative efforts (Builder Online)
Baltimore presents another stress test for nation’s supply chain (Governing)
Why environmental groups are backing the NY Heat Act (City Limits)
US clamps down on oil and gas firms releasing potent greenhouse gas (Washington Post)
What congestion pricing’s arrival in NYC would mean (Bloomberg)
Boise Passive House’s bold gestures support an environmentally friendly design (Wallpaper)